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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: joevh09 on August 14, 2008, 04:21:21 PM

Title: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erased.
Post by: joevh09 on August 14, 2008, 04:21:21 PM

Im rebuilding my computer and I'm keeping my hard drive but i need to know if I need to erase it first or not.

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erased.
Post by: xavier on August 14, 2008, 04:29:31 PM

If you dont have anything you want to save you can wipe the drive. If you change the board on this up grade you can use the old drive as  a slave along with the new drive.

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erase
Post by: joevh09 on August 14, 2008, 04:37:22 PM

Will all the files I currently have on the hard drive still be there after i make the upgrade?

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erased.
Post by: xavier on August 14, 2008, 04:43:56 PM

If you add a new drive to the upgrade and use the old drive as a slave no files will be lost

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erase
Post by: joevh09 on August 14, 2008, 04:46:22 PM

Im not going to add a new drive so will i still lose anything?

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erased.
Post by: xavier on August 14, 2008, 04:51:48 PM

Ok, if you use a new mother board on your upgrade & it is not the same as your old one you will not be able to use the same hd without starting fresh.If you use a board with the identical chipset it should work

Title: Re: Planning on rebuilding computer need to know if Hard Drive needs to be erase
Post by: patio on August 16, 2008, 04:18:26 PM

Best to start clean on a new build....
Format the drive.
You're data will be gone.